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King of Nowhere
2020-11-13, 02:54 PM
i have some large areas of my world that were ravaged by magical accidents in the past. now everything living in them is mutated by wild magic. I thought it would be great to represent this in battle maps, but i can't find anything fitting.
Some of the descriptions I gave
"the trees and grass are in all the colors of the rainbow, plus some colors that shouldn't exhist at all"
"the wildlife resembles its normal counterpart on most aspects, though every animal shows signs of mutations; most have tentacles, or extra legs, or other stuff they shouldn't have"
"some of the grass does not move with the wind, and it tries to grab you as you pass. some of the trees also move; you wisely keep clear of those"

Any idea where i could find some fitting image? I attempted "psychedelic landscape", without much success. I think some artistic movement painting stuff in false colors may have something I could use, but no idea what to look for. illustrations made for similar fantasy concepts would, of course, be the best

Mastikator
2020-11-13, 07:00 PM
Sounds like a cross between the DnD feywild and far realm.

Here are two neat pictures I found of the fey wild.

https://www.oort.nz/dnd/wiki/feywild.SpiritBear.jpg
https://www.gmbinder.com/images/rtGryy4.jpg

King of Nowhere
2020-11-13, 08:03 PM
Sounds like a cross between the DnD feywild and far realm.

Here are two neat pictures I found of the fey wild.

https://www.oort.nz/dnd/wiki/feywild.SpiritBear.jpg
https://www.gmbinder.com/images/rtGryy4.jpg

not exactly how i picture it, but closer than anything else so far.
incidentally, the next encounter will be a bear that can cast color spray :smallbiggrin:

Mastikator
2020-11-13, 09:14 PM
Speaking of mutations on animals: DND has tons of weird animals like the famous owlbear and the displacer beast.
You mentioned tentacles: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/3/36/Monster_Manual_5e_-_Displacer_Beast_-_p81.jpg
There's also this weird monstrosity: https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/3/7/631437_v2.jpg
You can have animals that have fused with elementals like this thing: https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/4/6/631446_v2.jpg

Shinizak
2020-11-13, 10:26 PM
Look up the movie annihilation. It's exactly what you're looking for.

Ajustusdaniel
2020-11-19, 11:35 AM
Keith Thompson at Keiththompsonart.com is pretty good for this. Not all illustrations are SFW, so go in advised.

TeChameleon
2020-11-21, 01:03 AM
If you want some stuff for the seriously weird parts- not just mutated, but straight magical landscapes, Steve Ditko's Dr. Strange work (https://static2.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dikto-doctor-strange-display.jpeg?q=50&fit=crop&w=960&h=500&dpr=1.5) could do the job- it's straight-up surreal.

Segev
2020-11-21, 03:14 AM
How about the Whispering Woods on Atheria?

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/shera-and-the-princesses-of-power/images/b/bb/Whispering_Woods_Pic_S1E1.PNG
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/heman/images/c/c2/Whispering_Woods_(She-Ra_and_the_Princesses_of_Power)_from_The_Sword_Par t_1_001.jpg
https://darah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/whisperingwoods.jpg
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/heman/images/0/0c/Whispering_Woods.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/qQvhwJxtQ1sUdmAUvr5xy8MwLNTL5aM483V-CWtIoPjoU-Ek-iBD51jN8VWTR4w1ZxhDzzEBjZxwHVxFSvYL3oO-ACUg_mxhBgJE3nJP6-CFpFRoDzD_lNf_66iTH6_Atw
https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Kowl.jpg
https://www.he-man.org/assets/images/ctn_episodes/lookee55.jpg
https://old.he-man.org/cartoon/pop/seriesinformation/lookee47.jpg

King of Nowhere
2020-11-21, 07:58 AM
the whispering woods are actually pretty good.
i already played last week, though, and i was lucky to find some good images on an art site by looking "surreal landscape"

https://www.gettyimages.it/detail/illustrazione/fairy-land-oil-painting-illustrazione-royalty-free/1147461035?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.it/detail/foto/surreal-garden-background-immagine-royalty-free/989410274?adppopup=true